2025 NFL Draft: Final Top 15 Quarterback Rankings

1. Cameron Ward, Miami 

The key here is Cam Ward’s ability to marry experience with upside and playmaking. A non-traditional path in high school led to Ward being underrecruited, and he’s now collected three years of FBS football — each better than the one before.

With an arm that pops, infectious confidence, and a creative flair for the position, Ward has traits similar to those of some of the best in the game. It’s up to his new team (hello, Tennessee) to refine him. 

Round Valuation: Late 1st-Round (82.50/100.00 score)

2. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado 

Shedeur Sanders is more skillset-specific than Ward. He’s had to play at the college level with less to lean on schematically, and he’s doing so with some lesser traits.

Teams confident that Sanders will execute the offense to optimize his accuracy and timing abilities will likely be drawn more to his game. But, of course, a lower physical ceiling has less margin for error in how he plays.

Round Valuation: Late 1st/Early 2nd-Round (80.50/100.00 score)

3. Jaxson Dart, Mississippi 

Jaxson Dart might just be the best raw talent of the top three quarterbacks. His challenges are clear — Dart played in a very quarterback-friendly system under Lane Kiffin that will pose transitional challenges to the pro game via verbiage and processing speed.

When things are clear for Dart, he may throw the best ball of this bunch, and he’s athletic enough to get outside the pocket. Still, you’d better have a firm system for him to assimilate to or risk him landing in the lower levels of his variance of outcomes.

Dart will go higher than his valuation here — that’s the quarterback tax in the draft. But to live up to his potential investment, he will need a good cast of talent and the right coach to go along with him. 

Round Valuation: 3rd Round (74.50/100.00 score)

4. Tyler Shough, Louisville 

The risk vs. reward calculus for Tyler Shough is…complicated.

He’s got a live arm and enough athleticism to get outside the pocket and make things happen. Shough flashes some “wow” moments on tape. However, he’s a seventh-year senior with several significant injuries on his ledger that should give teams a lot of pause.

More often than not, hurt guys stay hurt. Was it just a crazy string of bad luck for Shough? What’s more, he has some silly moments under pressure that didn’t show up in the stat sheet, which offset a lot of the good refinement at the position you’d expect from such a mature player. 

Round Valuation: 3rd Round (74.50/100.00 score)

5. Jalen Milroe, Alabama 

Jalen Milroe’s ceiling, in terms of athleticism and arm strength, put him into the middle class of this year’s class. In the perfect situation, Milroe has the raw tools to be a force multiplier and a difference maker.

What is an ideal situation for him? It’d probably look something like what the Baltimore Ravens afforded Lamar Jackson during his rookie season — but with a longer runway to eventually taking the full-time starting job.

He’s so raw as a passer despite two years of starting experience. Milroe struggles with touch, timing, and accuracy in the intermediate levels of the field but has a big-time arm that can rip field outs, go balls, and tight window throws up the seam. And he can change the math with his legs in designed runs. 

Milroe won’t be for everyone. But if the perfect someone comes along…

Round Valuation: 3rd Round (74.00/100.00 score)

6. Will Howard, Ohio State 

Will Howard’s leap this year came with a big assist to pass catchers Emeka Egbuka and Jeremiah Smith. More often than not, Howard trusted those guys to make plays in big moments by putting the ball in the air and allowing them to adjust the football.

If he can find himself in a similar situation with similar ball-skills players catching the football, there’s a little more upside present than when you just take an accounting of his physical ability. Howard is big, tough, and offers leadership intangibles that matter most at quarterback. 

Round Valuation: 4th Round (72.50/100.00 score)

7. Dillon Gabriel, Oregon 

Dillon Gabriel will likely require more of a tailored fit for his NFL home as a left-handed quarterback without a traditional build.

But the ball pops off his hand. He’s athletic and capable of extending plays, and he has started a lot of football at the college level. The key to Gabriel's leveling up his game lies most with the precision of his timing and accuracy, especially in the red area. 

Round Valuation: 4th Round (72.50/100.00 score)

8. Kyle McCord, Syracuse 

There’s plenty to like about Kyle McCord’s game. Of course, the elephant in the room is that he left the gig that Will Howard took over in Columbus and enjoyed his big breakout season at Syracuse instead.

McCord is one of the sharpest quarterbacks in the class between the ears, but he has a modest arm to learn to play around with accuracy and anticipation. There are just some throws he’ll struggle to make, and teams may put him in a box. 

Round Valuation: 4th Round (72.00/100.00 score)

9. Cam Miller, North Dakota State 

Cam Miller’s tape at North Dakota State is a lot of fun. He took Colorado to the wire to open the 2024 season, coming up a few yards short on a hail mary that would have won the football game.

When you take a complete inventory of his game, you’ll find an athletic, two-time captain and 54-game starter who holds NDSU records for passing yards, completion percentage, and completions.

He’s compact and doesn’t boast the biggest arm — he’s too liberal with his release, which cuts down on his ability to drive the football. But he’s slippery and tough, has light feet, and showcases excellent accuracy and touch on a clean platform.

Round Valuation: 5th Round (71.50/100.00 score)

10. Quinn Ewers, Texas 

Quinn Ewers has had the keys to the kingdom in Austin for the last two years. And, despite having one of the best playcallers in football, a supporting cast loaded with early NFL Draft picks, and an imposing defense, the Longhorns came up short come playoff time two years running.

A lot of that, unfortunately, comes down to Ewers’ limitations as a quarterback. The variance in accuracy and decision-making will give you whiplash at times. He’s a gunslinger crossbred with a wild stallion at the quarterback position — so much so that Texas sometimes put the ultimate bumpers around him in 2024 to keep things “on schedule.” 

Ewers has mobility. He has a big arm. And he finds a way to make plays in big moments. But the sustainability of it all seems shaky, and he’ll have to carry more of the weight at the NFL level. That's all before you touch on the durability issues that have plagued him at Texas, too.  

Round Valuation: 5th Round (71.00/100.00 score)

11. Max Brosmer, Minnesota 

Max Brosmer enjoyed a productive season in Minnesota after a fruitful FCS career at Rhode Island.

He spins the ball well but is a player with one year of FBS experience as a 24-year-old rookie whose arm strength limits his ability to drive the ball downfield without compromising his accuracy. 

Round Valuation: 6th Round (69.50/100.00 score)

12. Kurtis Rourke, Indiana 

Kurtis Rourke turns 25 in October and is coming off of a season in which he played the whole year with a torn ACL. The age and injury combination, paired with a lesser level of mobility to execute within or get outside the pocket, leaves Rouke peeking up at several of his peers.

He broke out in a big way in Indiana after five years with Ohio. Still, when the Hoosiers ran into stiffer competition against Ohio State and Notre Dame, he looked to be overwhelmed without answers. 

Round Valuation: 6th Round (69.00/100.00 score)

13. Riley Leonard, Notre Dame 

Riley Leonard is athletic, but his lack of consistency in any phase as a passer makes him an ultimate developmental project and potential practice squad stash. 

Round Valuation: 7th Round (68.50/100.00 score)

14. Seth Henigan, Memphis 

Seth Henigan has some arm talent and is a better athlete than you might have guessed. He’s a 50-game starter, though — and he feels like he’s reached his ceiling as a player.

Round Valuation: 7th Round (68.50/100.00 score)

15. Brady Cook, Missouri 

Brady Cook enjoyed a great showing at the 2025 NFL Combine and has enough arm strength to warrant a flier. However, he’s still quite rough around the edges as a player. 

Round Valuation: Priority UDFA (66.50/100.00 score)